Environmentalists Jeer While Builders Cheer

...The tiny cactus ferruginous pygmy owl didn't fare well in federal court last week.
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred when it listed the pygmy owl as endangered in 1997. The judges kicked the case back down to federal district court in Phoenix for further review.
Sherry Barrett, an assistant field supervisor with Fish and Wildlife who has specialized in pygmy owl recovery efforts, says she doesn't know what happens next.
"The lawyers are still reviewing the court ruling," says Barrett...